Category Archives: Amelia Earhart

Blue Sky

I finished off gilding the last of the panels, creating some additional pieces for the large version. I can’t wait to rehang the large version at the Brand Gallery, I think these small additions will make a big difference. So, … Continue reading

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Orb

I’m finally getting something like a satisfactory conclusion to this, with the white wispy edge to the orb working out well, and a curious orange centre to it. I had a very pleasant day with my kids looking for Christmas … Continue reading

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Orbology

I think I have this figured out now. A while ago I made a circular piece with a second circle inside it, that I used as a base for the grails to sit on in the last show. It looks … Continue reading

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The orb dominates

Working at getting the orb right has been challenging, but I think I finally have it on the track. I painted out nearly all of the outer circle of white, which simply wasn’t working because it was just too big, … Continue reading

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The orb

The orb is growing.It looks really bright and white at the moment, but it’s about to get it’s blue layer which will drop it right back again. I’m going to try a golden center around the flame, then blue over … Continue reading

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Darkness and Light

Now working on the light is beginning to really pay off. A black glaze over the background ragged off at the boundaries of a circle about the glowing orb has made the composition start to take more dramatic shape. The … Continue reading

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Hairs Temperance

I enjoyed getting the Raw Sienna into the hair, using some Prussian Blue to counter the yellowness of the pigment. I ragged some of that blue onto the wings while I was at it, and I beginning to see how … Continue reading

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So Cal

I drove back to Thousand Oaks today, an eight hour journey that felt like fifteen. I arrived here at about nine pm, deciding like a lunatic to get into the studio and paint once I got to unload, which I … Continue reading

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Defining Amelia

I’ve been thinking and writing about the role of feminine characters in my paintings as I prepare a paper for the Alchemy Journal. Amelia is the most dominant of the women at present, having appeared in an earlier incarnation in … Continue reading

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Head

I added a pool of blood to the ground around the head. Right now it’s too bright, and will need to get a layer to moderate the intensity of colour.

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